Plus new podcasts on gender equality, Africa's response to the coronavirus, and how the economic downturn compares to the Great Depression.
| After recent violence, is Afghanistan's peace process dead? A set of brutal attacks in Afghanistan this week have thrown the very idea of a peace process into question. Vanda Felbab-Brown writes about what happened, and what the Afghan government and elites—as well as the international community—can do regarding the ongoing negotiations amid the bloodshed. Read more |
Must-listen podcasts Gender equality, unpaid work, and women's suffrage. On a special episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Isabel Sawhill hosts a conversation with Stephanie Aaronson and Molly Kinder about women's participation in the workforce and society, as well as the effects of COVID-19 on women. Ensuring Africa has the financial resources to address COVID-19. Brahima S. Coulibaly joins David Dollar on the Dollar & Sense podcast to discuss how the coronavirus recession is hitting African countries and offers strategies to help them fight the pandemic. How does COVID-19 unemployment compare to the Great Depression? "The Great Depression was great in many dimensions, but it wasn't as sudden as the downturn we're currently experiencing." On a new episode of The Current, Gary Burtless explains what's different about the current economic crisis. |
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